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July Book Roundup.

This is the next instalment of the “Hundred Oaks” series. I was so excited that this came out. It was soooo good!! Seriously. A YA romance in one of my favourite series about elite swimmers. I knew I’d love it, and I was right.

It had Kenneally’s characteristic wit and humour and tone. The characters, setting and plot were all realistic and enjoyable. The lead character was amazing. I wanted her to succeed and figure things out. All the supporting characters were great also. Oh, and the epilogue! OMG!

“Did I tell you about our new clients? This couple wants a Game of Thrones-themed wedding…because nothing says love live murder.”

This is a compilation of short stories set in the “Lunar Chronicles” world. This was really good! I hadn’t realised how much I missed this world. All the stories were interesting in different ways, and were well written. The tone was consistent, even though each of the stories follows different characters in different settings.

“I will accept any amount of monsters my mind wants to give me, but I will not become a monster myself.”

This is the first book in the series, “The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flammel“, and I listened to the audiobook so that I could get back into the series in order to FINALLY read the last book. It was still pretty good, particularly considering I first read it so long ago.

“You must learn to trust your senses. Humans use but a tiny percentage of theirs.”

This is the seventh and last book in the series started by “The Alchemyst”. I’ve had it on my shelf since it came out in 2012. It was fast-paced magical mayhem. A lot of things happen to a lot of different characters. It could be a bit hard to follow at times, particularly due to some characters being in two places at once.

I’m still not sure I liked the ending. It got a bit weird, and ended really quickly. But whatever, I finally finished the series. Yay!

“When in doubt, we follow our hearts. Words can be false, images and sounds can be manipulated. But this,” he tapped his chest, over his heart. “This is always true.”

I’m not really into poetry, but I’ve had this a while and figured I’d give it a read. There were some poems in the collection which I really liked, and some which just confused me. I think I’ll try to reread it again in the future, but slower and with more reflection. Overall, I’m glad I finally got around to reading it.